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F 0. VONTOBEL (NOW BY JUDICIAL CHANGE OF NAME M. J. HARDING).

'COLLAR BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED nzc.21. ma.

Pat ented Sept. 2,1919.

C0I WASHINGNN. D- C- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRIEDRICH. o. voNroBEL, (NOW BY JUDICIAL CHANGE or NAME'MARCELLE' JOHNHARDING) on NEW YORK, N. Y.

COLLAR-BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 2, 1919.

Application filed December 21. 1918. Serial No. 267.764.

To-all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, FRIEDRICH OTTO VON- TOBEL, a citizen of Switzerland,residin at New York, in the county and State of l. ew York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Collar-Buttons, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to collar buttons, and has for its object toproduce such a device that can be cheaply and easily made; that can beeasily secured in the collar band of the shirt, and to which the collarmay be readily applied.

Other objects are to provide a collar button that will have meanswhereby the collar may be retained securely in place without danger ofdisplacement; that will have means whereby the collar will be held inplace without liability to accidentally become detached from the button,but which will be retained thereon until purposely removed; to form thebutton so that it will present no obstacle to the easy movement of anecktie in the collar when tying or otherwise; and finally, to soconstruct the button that it will rest easily against the person of theuser when in use, and Without tending to displace the collar or anyportion thereof from its proper position.

These and other objects of my invention are set forth in the followingspecification and shown in the accompanying drawing which forms a partthereof, the particular features of novelty which constitute myinvention being pointed out in the claims at the end thereof.

In the drawings Figure 1, is a perspective View of a top of a shirt andcollar, showing my invention as applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a fragmental sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmental perspective view illustrating the method ofinserting my collar button in the button hole of a collar; and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the collar button separately.

Referring to the drawings, 10 indicates the upper portion of a shirt,and 11 a collar band thereof; 12 represents a collar. All the aboveparts may be of a conventional or any desired form or shape. The

collar band is provided with the usual but- 1 ton hole 13 through whichthe neck of the collar button passes.

My improved collar button consists of a band 1-1, which is shaped to fitthe neck of a user, of a constricted neck piece 15, and with a head 16,an upwardly projecting transverse rib 17 being positioned at the end ofthe neck 15 and projecting in an upward position from the neck 16 sothat the top surface of the neck 15 presents a seat in which the upperportion of the collar band 11, and the end tabs l818"rest and aresecurely held in place therein by the rib 17, so that they cannot heaccidentally displaced therefrom. The head 16 is provided with lateralwings 19 and 20, which extend outwardly from the head a sufficientdistance so that the wings from end to end are wider than the buttonholes 21 of the collar with which they are to engage, so that the collarwhen once buttoned and in place upon the neck 15, is held thereonagainst accidental displacement and until purposely removed therefrom.

In inserting the head 16 through a button hole 21, a collar as shown inFig. 3 may be inclined somewhat with respect to the head 16, so that onewing and the point 22 of a head may first be inserted in the buttonhole, this being permitted as the distance between said point and theend of either wing is less than the length of the button hole. Thecollar is then turned so that the other wing may easily pass into thebutton hole, and when the collar is in place upon the neck 15, the twowings extending beyond the ends of the button hole will hold the collarin place upon the neck 15 as above described.

My improved collar button is so formed that the band and head thereofextend in opposite directions in planes parallel with each other, theband and head being separated from each other only a suflicient dis--tance to properly accommodate the thickness of the shirt collar band,and of the collar, the band of the collar button resting upon the neck,and the latter holds the parts in such a position that no pressure ofthe collar or necktie used therewith will materially change the positionof the collar button, orcause undue or annoying pres- 7 projecting'rectangularly therefrom and 'prosure upon the neck, cfthe iseglor causethe V alisbu pn o ss m l nde i ab p tion.

What I claim as new and desire to. secuie in-glateixhwingsciia-vwidthfmmsend to c of the V byLetters PatenQis: V

1. A collar button comprising a Joand suitableto the neck of the Weare'ra neck vided with a transverse rib, and a head 'de pending from the endof said neck having on opposite sides wings pif cje' cting lateri allybeyond the said neck.

eiid substantially said ne December, 1918.

. .2- A c l -lbi tceemp sin ba a peek; Pii 1'.ec ing; h mH9 1 re e iguarly d previde'd'with a transverse rib','and a head depending from theend of said neck havdcuble the 'Wldtll "ln'testl name to thisspecification, this 10th day of FRIEDRICH '0. VONTOBEL.

washington, D 0.

mony Whereef, I have signed my

